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Historical 

Souvenir  Booklet 

of 

SPRINGFIELD 

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 

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OLD  SALEM  STATE  PARK 

ILLINOIS 


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OVERLOOKING     CAPITOL     GROUNDS,      SPRINGFIELD,      ILL. 


THE  STATE  CAPITOL  BUILDING  TO  THE  RIGHT  WAS  COMPLETED  IN  1888  AT  TOTAL  COST  OF  $4,500,000.00. 
THE  CENTENNIAL  BUILDING,  UPPER  LEFT,  WAS  JUST  RECENTLY  COMPLETED  AT  A  COST  OF  OVER 
$2,000,000.  THE    SUPREME     COURT    BUILDING     IS     SEEN     IN    THE     LOWER     LEFT. 


SUPREME     COURT     BUILDING,     SPRINGFIELD,      ILL. 


THE     CENTENNIAL     MEMORIAL     BUILDING,      CAPITOL     GROUNDS,      SPRINGFIELD,      ILL. 


THIS     BEAUTIFUL     BUILDING      CONTAINS     THE      STATE      NATURAL      HISTORY      MUSEUM      AND      THE      HISTORICAL 
LIBRARY,     WITH     OVER    3000    BOOKS    AND    PAMPHLETS     ON     LINCOLN.  BUILDING     COST     OVER 

$2,000,000.00. 


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THIS     IS    THE    HALLWAY    IN    THE    CENTENNIAL    BUILDING,     CAPITOL    GROUNDS,     SPRINGFIELD,     ILL. 


THIS     BEAUTIFUL     BUILDING     CONTAINS     THE     STATE 

LIBRARY    WITH    OVER    3,000    BOOKS    AND    PAMPHLETS    ON    LINCOLN. 


NATURAL      HISTORY      MUSEUM,      AND     THE      HISTORICAL 


THE     ILLINOIS     STATE     CAPITOL     BUILDING,     SPRINGFIELD,      ILL. 


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BUILDING     WAS     COMMENCED     MARCH     1ITH,     1868,     OCCUPIED     1876     AND     COMPLETED     1888.  TOTAL     COST 

$4,500,000.00. 


GOVERNOR'S    MANSION,     SPRINGFIELD,     ILL. 


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LELANO     HOTEL,     SPRINGFIELD,     ILL. 


THIS    BEAUTIFUL   AND    LUXURIOUS    HOSTELRY    IS    ONE    OF    SPRINGFIELD'S    LEADING    HOTELS. 
MODERN   CONVENIENCE    FOR   THE   COMFORT  OF    ITS   GUESTS. 


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OLD    STATE    HOUSE,    1837   TO    1876,    SPRINGFIELD,    ILL. 
ELECTION    TO    THE    PRESIDENCY. 


HERE    ABRAHAM    LINCOLN     RECEIVED    NEWS    OF    HIS 


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THIS    PICTURE    SHOWS   THE    OLD   STATE    HOUSE    AS    IT    WAS    ORIGINALLY    IN    LINCOLN'S    DAY.         THE    BUILDING 
THIS    PIH:JsJRBEESHORESMODELED    smcE    AND    A    LOWER     SToRY      ADDED.      AND      NOW     THE     BUILDING      IS 


USED    AS    THE    COUNTY    COURT    HOUSE. 


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SPRINGFIELD     HOME     OF    ABRAHAM     LINCOLN,     WHO     LIVED     IN     THIS     HOUSE     FROM     MAY     2ND,      1844, 
THE    TIME     OF     HIS     DEPARTURE     FOR     WASHINGTON     IN     1861. 


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IN    THIS    HOUSE    THREE    OF    HIS    CHILDREN    WERE    BORN.  THIS     PHOTOGRAPH     WAS    TAKEN     IN     1861,     AND    ON 

THE    OCCASION    OF    LINCOLN'S    GREAT    FAREWELL    ADDRESS    TO    HIS    TOWNSPEOPLE.  IT    WILL 

BE     NOTED    THAT    THE    PHOTOGRAPH     WAS     TAKEN      IN     THE     ACT     OF     HIS     SPEAKING,     AS     EVERY 
ONE     OF     HIS     AUDIENCE     IS     SEEN     IN     THE     PICTURE     HOLDING     THEIR     HATS      IN     THEIR     HANDS. 


THE    LINCOLN    HOME.     CORNER     EIGHTH     AND    JACKSON     STREETS,     SPRINGFIELD,      ILL. 


ABRAHAM     LINCOLN     AND     HIS     FAMILY     OCCUPIED     THIS     HOUSE     FROM     MAY    2ND,      1844.      UNTIL    THE    TIME     OF 
THEIR    DEPARTURE     FOR     WASHINGTON     IN     1861.  IN     THIS     HOUSE,     THREE     OF     HIS     CHILDREN      WERE     BORN. 


VAULT    IN    OAK     RIDGE    CEMETERY,     SPRINGFIELD,     ILL 


IN    THIS    VAULT   THE   BODY    OF   ABRAHAM    LINCOLN    WAS    PLACED    MAY    4,     1865.         MONUMENT    IS    SEEN    ABOVE 
WHERE    THE    BODY     OF     OUR     MARTYRED     PRESIDENT     IS     NOW     JEALOUSLY     GUARDED     IN     THE 
VAULT    AT    THE    BASE,    WHERE    DOOR    IS    SEEN    IN    PICTURE. 


INTERIOR    OF    THE    MUSEUM    IN    THE    ABRAHAM     LINCOLN    TOMB,     OAK    RIDGE    CEMETERY,     SPRINGFIELD,     ILL. 


MUSEUM      IN     THE     TOMB     NOW     VISITED     BY     NEARLY     200,000    PEOPLE     ANNUALLY. 
ITEMS    ARE    HERE    EXHIBITED.         H.    W.     FAY,     CUSTODIAN. 


OVER     20,000     LINCOLN 


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LDING     WAS     ERECTED     ON     THE     HILLSIDE,     AND     THE    LOWER     STORY     SHOWING     IN     THE     PICTURE     IS 
TH.S     B^NiGEDW^     ^Es=OD|AN     AND     HIS      FAMILY.  THE     UPPER     PART     IS     USED     AS     THE     MUSEUM 

AND     CONTAINS     A    VERY     INTERESTING     LINCOLN     COLLECTION. 


INTERIOR    OF    THE    NEW    MUSEUM    AT    OLD    SALEM    STATE    PARK,     PETERSBURG,     ILL 


LINCOLN    LIVED    AT    NEW    SALEM,     1831    TO    1837.         A    GREAT    MANY    OBJECTS    OF    UNUSUAL    INTEREST    ARE   TO 
BE    FOUND    IN    THIS    MUSEUM. 

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THE    MUSEUM    AT    THE    OLD    SALEM    STATE    PARK,     PETERSBURG,     ILL. 


THE    LOWER    STORY     IS     USED    AS    CUSTODIAN'S     HOME.  BUILT     ON     THE     HILLSIDE.  THE     LOWER     STORY     IS 

NOT    SEEN     IN     THE    PHOTOGRAPH.  THE     MUSEUM     CONTAINS    A    VERY     INTERESTING     LINCOLN     COLLECTION. 


SCENE    ON    SANGAMON    RIVER,     OLD    SALEM    STATE    PARK,    PETERSBURG,    ILL. 


A  MILL  AND  DAM  WERE  FORMERLY  AT  THIS  BEND  IN  THE  SANGAMON  RIVER  AND  IT  WAS  HERE  THAT 
LINCOLN  HAD  HIS  GREATEST  DIFFICULTY  ON  HIS  ILL-FATED  VOYAGE  BY  FLAT  BOAT  TO  NEW  ORLEANS. 
HE     HAD     EMBARKED     WITH     MERCHANDISE     ABOARD     FARTHER     UP     THE     RIVER. 


THE    LINCOLN-BERRY    STORE    AS    RE-BUILT    AT    OLD    SALEM    STATE    PARK,     PETERSBURG,     ILL. 


LINCOLN    LIVED    AT    NEW    SALEM    FROM     1831    TO    1837.         HE    WAS    EMPLOYED    AT    THE    OFFUT    STORE    IN    1831, 
AND     AFTERWARD    WENT     INTO    BUSINESS     WITH     BERRY. 


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THE     ONSTATT     COOPER     SHOP     AT     OLD     SALEM     STATE     PARK.     PETERSBURG.      ILL. 


REBUILT    WITH    THE    ORIGINAL    LOGS    AND    ON    THE    ORIGINAL    SITE.         IT    HAD    BEEN     MOVED    TO    PETERSBURG 
AND    WAS    THEN    MOVED    BACK.         HERE    LINCOLN    STUDIED    BY    THE    LIGHT    OF    THE    SHAVINGS. 


THE    OFFUT    STORE    WHERE    LINCOLN    WAS    EMPLOYED     AS    A    CLERK     IN     1831,     NEW    SALEM     STATE    PARK, 

PETERSBURG,     ILL. 


WAS     BUILT    ON     ORIGINAL    SITE.         THE    ARMSTRONG     WRESTLING     MATCH     WAS     HELD     NEAR     HERE. 


THE    RUTLEDGE    TAVERN    AS    RE-BUILT,     NEW    SALEM    STATE    PARK,    PETERSBURG,     ILL. 


LINCOLN  LIVED  AT  NEW  SALEM,  1831  TO  1837,  AND  BOARDED  PART  OF  THE  TIME  AT  THIS  RUTLEDGE 
TAVERN,  AND  HERE  MET  ANN  RUTLEDGE,  HIS  BOYHOOD  SWEETHEART,  WHO  DIED  IN  HER  TWENTY-SECOND 
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